This paper reports an experimental investigation of a non-reacting turbulent swirling flow in
a practical vortex combustor. The flow was examined for the conditions characteristic of the …

Combustion instability is a serious problem limiting the operating envelope of present day
gas turbine systems using a lean premixed combustion strategy. Gas turbine combustors …

This paper presents the results of a combined experimental, numerical, and analytical study
of the occurrence of different vortex breakdown types and helical instabilities in realistic …

An experimental study of unsteady reacting flow in a lean premixed swirl-stabilized
combustor has been performed using a high speed camera, LDV, chemiluminescence and …

Abstract Large Eddy Simulation (LES) studies of isothermal and incompressible turbulent
swirling flows in a model gas turbine combustion chamber geometry have been carried out …

Nonreacting flow experiments are conducted in a swirl-stabilized combustor with several
configurations of a triple annular research swirler fuel injector. Particle imaging velocimetry …

The dynamics of major flow structures were studied in a gas turbine model combustor for
perfectly premixed swirl-stabilized flames under a variety of reacting and non-reacting …

This paper reviews the occurrence of the precessing vortex core (PVC) and other
instabilities, which occur in, swirl combustion systems whilst identifying mechanisms, which …

This report deals with an experimental and analytical study of the occurrence of self-excited
hydrodynamic instabilities in swirling combustor flows. Different flow field types are …

In this study, a combined experimental and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) investigation is
performed to identify the vortical structures, their dynamics, and interaction with a turbulent …